Coberturas vacinais no Brasil: análise referente à doenças consideradas erradicadas

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Immunization is one of the main means of preventing disease. OBJECTIVE: To describe the vaccine coverage of immunobiologicals belonging to the National Vaccination Calendar regarding diseases that have already been eradicated at some point in Brazil. METHODOLOGY: Descriptive, cross-sectional study that analyzed vaccination coverage according to Brazilian regions. The case series consisted of immunobiologicals poliomyelitis, triple viral and pentavalent, applied to children up to one year of age, from 2016 to 2020. RESULTS: In the period between 2016 and 2020, there was a major change in the vaccine coverage of the immunobiological Poliomyelitis. Triple Viral vaccine coverage has always remained high compared to Poliomyelitis; and that of Pentavalente increased in the South, Southeast and Midwest regions, from 2019 to 2020. CONCLUSION: The study showed a decrease in almost all the vaccines addressed, with fake news, the anti-vaccine movement and the Covid-19 pandemic as important factors, increasing the risk of outbreaks of diseases that have already were considered eradicated.